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J. H. BOWEN.

GAME APPARATUS.

Patented Aug. 1Q, 1884.

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Unirse Sra'rns Partnr @erica JAWES Il. BVEN, OF PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA.

GAME APPARATUS.

i @PECEFICATEON forming part of Letters Patent No. 303,802, dated August19, 1884..

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To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ,latins l-I. Bowen, of Philadelphia, in the countyof Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Gaine Apparatus, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to an apparat-us with which the well hnown gaineof consequences7 can be played, and the invention consists in printingor stamping in any suitable inannernpon cach ot' a series of strips ofcloth or other suitable sheet flexible material the respective parts oi'the complete sentence required in such gaine, and arranging each of saidstrips upon suitable rollers in regular order, and in such relation toan opening in a box or receptacle for said rollers and strips that eachof said strips can be moved by operating its rollers for its respectivepart of the complete sentence printed thereon to be brought to and shownat said opening, and thus from all the strips so operated the coinpletesentence formed thereby can be read at said opening, all substantiallyas herein fully described.

In the accompanying plate of drawings this invention is illustratedFigure l bei ne* a )lanA view showin g a box in which the several partsof the present .invention are arranged for operation. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal vertical seetion on line y y, Figl. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on line x fr, Fig. 1. Fig. 4. is a detail plan view below the topof the box. Fig. 5 is a detail' plan view, and Fig. 6 a detail sectionalView, on line b Y), Fig. 5, to be herein after referred to.

In the drawings, A represents a box having sides B, top C, and ends D,in and by which the various parts of the present invention are arrangedand supported i'or operation.

E and F are two horizontal parallel rods or shafts extending the lengthofthe box, and permanently secured in the ends D. On cach shaft E F,respectively, is a series of rollers, G l-I, arranged to turn freelythereon, and having ilanges .l and l, one, J, of which flanges is of adiameter sullicient to project through a transverse slit, a, in andabove the top C of the box A, by which each roller G H can be turned byhand, as desired, their periphcries being suitably roughened or serratedfor such purpose, the other llangc, K, being ot less diameter andentirely within the box. These rollers (l H are arranged in pairs acrossthe L box, and each. pair ot' rollers has a strip, L, of cloth or othersuitable flexible sheet inaterial, secured by its ends to the. rollers,and so that the cloth, the., can be wound from one onto the other oftherollers, or vice versa, by turning either one or the other of saidrollers.

M is a longitudinal bar or rest extending the length and secured at itsends to the ends D of the box, and located between the two rows ofrollers G H,- a little above them and just below a longitudinal slit oropening, N, in the top, extending the length oi the box. This opening Nhas a cover, l), hinged at b to the back part, d, of the top C, by whichto close the opening N when desired. Each strip of cloth, the., as itinoves from one roller to the other passes over the rest M, where it canbe seen through the opening N. On each strip L is printed in anysuitable manner transversely, as at f, one part of the completesentence, to be formed according toits intended location and order inthe box A, so that with the series of strips placed in the box, andhaving their respective parts of the sentence to be formed printedthereon in their order, and moved so as to show at said opening N, thesentence will be formed and can then be read. Each strip L is to have avariety of its respective part oi' the sentence to be formed printedthereon, and as many as the length of the strip that can be arrangedupon the rollers in the box will admit, they being also sufficientdistance apart to insure only one of such parts of the sentence on eachstrip being seen at one time at the opening N.

In order, when the cover l is closed, that the strips can bc inoved fortheir respective parts of the complete sentence to come inline at theopening N, dots or marks f/ are provided on each strip alternately withthe parts f of the sentence printed thereon, and openings Q are arrangedin the front portion, h, ol' the top C ofthe box, which dots g andopenings Q are in line with each other and the movement of the strip asit is wound from IOO one roller to the other, so that moving the stripand stopping it when any one of the dots or marks g comes under or isshown at the opening Q its respective part f of the sentence will bethen in the opening N and can be read on raising the cover.

As in the said game of consequences several of the words making thesentence are arbitrary, it is preferable in this invention to have suchprinted in any suitable manner upon the back portion, d, of the topG,near its front edge, Z, over the space between'the strips on which isprinted the respective parts f of the sentence of which the arbitraryword forms the connection, all of which is shown at m in Fig. l. Theseveral arbitrary words m, however, can be printed on their respectivestrips; but placing them on the top avoids confusion and points out moreparticularly the peculiarity of the game of consequences. In playing thesaid gaine with the present invention the cover l is irst closed, thestri ps L are all preferably wound upon their respeetive rollers I-I,and then the first strip L at the left is moved by turning its roller Gin the direction of the arrow,and it is stopped, when desired, as anydot y comes in sight through or under the opening Q above said strip.Then the second or next strip is so moved and set, then the third, andso on until all are so moved and set, when, raising the cover, thesentence formed can be then read from the strips and the top C of thebox.

In Fig. l is shownthrough the opening N, the cover being removed, theseries of strips L as so set with the words which, in connection withthe arbitrary words upon the top C, are to be read in the order shown,viz: Eo centric John S. Sullivan and affected Mrs. Lantry met in Paris.He said ta, tal She said Youre a dude.7 The world said queer racket.7rlhe consequence was a love feast.

As it might be desirable when several persons are playing the game withthe present invention that the names of thepcrsons playing, or theirfriends, or of other persons should be used instead ofthe names printedon the second and fourth strips from the left, a piece of card-board,paper, or any suitable sheet material, R, can be used, on which any namedesired can be written, and such. cards inserted in the shoulders a ofthe top C over the second and fourth Ystrips L, as shown in Figs. 5 and6, and these cards can have their surfaces prepared with suitablematerial, sc that the name written thereon can be easily erased andanother one written, and so on, and in the use of such cards, obviouslythe second and fourth strips need not be used. rlhe flanges J and K ofthe rollers serve to guide the strip in being wound thereon and preventone strip from interfering with another.

In lieu of two rollers to each strip,obvious ly the strip can be woundupon 011e roller, and such roller placed directly under the opening N,dispensing in such case with the ticularly in reference to the game ofeonsequences,77 obviously other games can be played where sentences areto be iormed,or for telling fortunes, and in such eases the words uponthe several strips would have to be changed to suit the game.

v1Having thus described my invention, what I claim isl. The combination,with a boxhaving an opening, N, of a series of strips of sheet material,each of which strips has printed thereon its respective part of thesentence represented on the series of strips, and each strip beingarranged, in connection with suitable mechanism, to be so moved that itspart of such sentence will be brought to or at such opening, for thepurpose specified.

2. The combination, with a box having an opening, N, of a series ofstrips of sheet material, each of which strips is connected to rollersto be wound thereon, and each of which strips has printed thereon itsrespective part of the sentence represented on the series of strips, andeach strip arranged to be so moved by the operation of said rollers thatits part of such sentence will be brought to or at such opening,substantially as and for the purpose speeied.

3. The combination, with a box having an opening, N, of a series of strips of sheet material, each of which strips is connected to rollers to bewound thereon, and each of which strips has printed thereon itsrespective part of the sentence represented on the series of strips,each of said rollers having a disk or flange projecting through a slit,a, in the top of said box by which to operate said rollers to move saidstrip, so that its part of such sentence will be brought to or at suchopening N, substantiall y as and for the purpose specified.

4. The combination, with a box having an opening, N, and an opening, inits top, of a series of strips of sheet material, each. of which stripsis connected to rollers to be wound thereon, and each of which stripshas printed thereon its respective part of the sentence represented onthe series of strips, and a dot or mark, g, whereby in the moving of thestrip, when said dot or mark comes under or in a line with said openingQ, the part ofthe sentence on said strip will be at such opening N, allsubstantially as and for the purpose specified;

5. The combination, with a box having an opening, N, and an opening, Q,in its top,and a cover, P, of a series of strips of sheet material, eachof which strips is lconnected to rollers to be Wound thereon,and eachofWhich strips has printed thereon its respective part of the sentencerepresented on the series of strips, and a dot or mark, g, whereby inthe IOO IIO

moving of said strip, when said dot or mark comes under or in line withsai'd opening,` Q, the part of the sentence on saiflstrip will be atsuch opening` N, all substantially as and for 5 the purpose specified.

6. The combination, with a box having an opening, N, in its top, and arest or bar, M, loelow said opening, of aserics ofsbrips of sheetmaterial, each of which strips is connected to rollers to be woundthereomand each of which strips has printed thereon its respective partof the sentence represented on the series of

